Nonprofit Quotes

(On Hillary Clinton) A lot of the stuff people say about her, I hear it and my stomach falls because it`s so sexist. You ask people why they don`t like her and it`s because her husband cheated on her! That was obviously not her choice. She`s so much more polished and experienced than anyone else. Last night, a friend, a social worker in L.A. who works with underprivileged kids, was saying how these girls who have never been interested in politics before are so excited that a woman might be president. I mean, look how many women are in government...Hillary`s one of, what, (a handful of) female senators? I also like Obama. I even like McCain. I disagree with his war stance -- which is a really big deal -- but I think he`s a very moral person. I met him and Hillary on the same day, actually, when I went to Washington with Finca (a nonprofit that gives loans to businesswomen in developing countries). Hillary was by far the smartest person I met that day. Just totally focused, and knew more about the issues than anyone else, and was so able to go from one thing to the other.

I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days.

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

(The group`s involvement with Rock the Vote, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1990, is an indirect result of the Bush uproar.) We never had intentions to become a political band but like it or not we have been placed on a unique political platform in the past months, ... We feel it would be irresponsible not to make something positive come out of that.

We want to talk about outcomes for the people who benefit from the United Way and how just a few dollars out of a person`s pay can help improve the community. We have spent a lot of time here talking about improving our campus and building new buildings, but we can`t lose sight of the fact that every community needs a safety net '” nonprofit agencies that support the needs of the people who live there. There are numerous United Way agencies around our campus, and one way to ensure that East Baltimore`s safety net is both available and thriving is to invest in the United Way.

The Mozilla Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization.

In spite of my Peace Corps background, my heart really is in the private sector. The commercial world is something that the nonprofit sector can`t ignore.

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.

While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs.

That`s why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it`s chartered by the government. It can`t be pocketed.

Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision of a nonprofit entity formed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Of course, I`ve done small company things, too, but most of them have been nonprofit organizations, such as the Internet Society, and I`m on the board of a number of small companies.

There are so many excellent nonprofit organizations throughout the Northwest, it`s an honor to be recognized.

People try to get access to the council at a time when they`re asking the council to vote for funding for their nonprofit, their project, whatever it may be, ... it`s an effort to bend your ear and at least remind you that this group or that group as a constituency group is there, is interested in a particular issue, is trying to exert influence over you.

(The accords are voluntary but include firm targets-like increasing renewable energy use to 10 percent within seven years, and reducing per capita water consumption by 10 percent by 2015. Generation Earth, a nonprofit group that worked with ICLEI and U.N. officials to organize the summit, will regularly grade each city`s effort to meet the accords.) There is tremendous power in targets and timetables, ... Even if the same person isn`t there, if you set a goal of 10 percent renewable power within seven years, you can check and see if they`ve achieved it.

Many people are concerned about not only the shortage of people who can run for public office, but also the shortage of people to serve on nonprofit boards.